Author: grinnelle1

  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 15-18, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  EARTH DAY APRIL 22, 2019 WHAT IS EARTH DAY? Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues. In 1970, San Francisco activist John McConnell and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson separately asked Americans to join in a

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 15-18, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019– THE 113th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1906 EARTHQUAKE, MAGNITUDE 7.9. THIS “EVENT TURNED SAN FRANCISCO STREETS INTO WAVES, FLATTENING MUCH OF THE SKY LINE AND IGNITING FIRES THAT RAGED FOR ALMOST FOUR DAYS.  THE QUAKE RUPTURED 296 MILES OF FAULT LINE — FROM CAPE MENDOCINO

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 8-12, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  NATIONAL FORMER POW RECOGNITION DAY APRIL 9: National Former POW Recognition Day. April 9th is designated by Congress as the Presidentially proclaimed observance of National Former POW Recognition Day. On April 9, 1942 United States forces surrendered on the Bataan Peninsula, beginning the Bataan Death March. On this

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin APRIL 1 – 5, 2019   WORD OF THE WEEK:  APRIL 1st AKA APRIL FOOL’S DAY April Fools’ Day or April Fool’s Day (sometimes called All Fools’ Day) is an annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes. The jokes and their victims are called April fools. People playing April Fool

» Read more

  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MARCH 18 – 22, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  ST. PATRICK’S DAY   MARCH 17th~~Note: The symbol of St. Patrick is a three-leaf shamrock, not a four-leaf clover. However, long before the shamrock became associated with St. Patrick’s Day, the four-leaf clover was regarded by ancient Celts as a charm against evil spirits. STUDENTS UPCOMING

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MARCH 11 – 15, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  THE IDES OF MARCH In modern times, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of the Senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius,

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin MARCH 4 – 8, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  MARCH DATE IN HISTORY–MARCH 3, 1931 On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” was written after Key witnessed

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 1, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  MARCH: “In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb” BRITON RIVIÈRE, UNA AND LION, NINETEENTH CENTURY. “In like a lion, out like a lamb” has always seemed a straightforward enough proverb: when March starts, it’s still winter, and by the end of the month spring has

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 11 – 15, 2019 Hi Everyone–  Here comes Valentine’s Day 2019!! VALENTINE’S DAY CELEBRATION!!   Thursday, February 14, 2019  7:15am in the Main Office  Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Juices, Donuts, Pastries, Fruit & Love!             Compliments of the Social Committee WORD OF THE WEEK:  VALENTINE’S DAY FEBRUARY 14, 2019   Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day

» Read more

GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin FEBRUARY 4 – 8, 2019 WORD OF THE WEEK:  Year of the Pig 2019 is the Year of the Pig according to Chinese zodiac. This is a Year of Earth Pig, starting from Feb. 5, 2019 (Chinese New Year) and lasting to Jan. 24, 2020. Pig is the twelfth in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac

» Read more